My mom was visiting last night and I had a delightful food déjà vu while slicing potatoes.
“It is our responsibility as parents, educators and citizens to put an end to our broken lunch system and change the way we feed our children. Children are our future. The good news is that change is...
Last week, Jackie and Debbie joined me on an outing to North Bergen, NJ (an ethnically diverse town just across the river from Manhattan) in search of authentic Argentinian, Cuban and Mexican food.&n...
When my friend found out she didn’t have a babysitter for Cinco de Mayo, she invited us over to her house instead. Upon our acceptance, we immediately began making a list of what each of us would mak...
I took a mini vacation this week since last week was a big work week for me. I made some time to do some non-cooking with friends things like spring shopping, home organizing and registering th...
I’ve been busy this week planning and prepping for the cooking party I am running this evening. (That explains the Friday blog this week.)
A half dozen home baked dinner rolls dusted with flour appeared on my front rocker, a delightful Easter surprise from my friend Lou.
I’ve been crazy about quinoa (KEEN-wah) for a while now. It’s my go to grain, replacing rice and couscous. It has a nutty flavor, fluffy and fun consistency and loves to be flavored!
I’m doing a little victory dance, but I’ll confess that even I am a bit baffled by what just happened in my house.
You may remember my wasp sting incident last summer which sent me by ambulance to the hospital to avoid a potentially severe allergic reaction. Well, if you don’t, it spooked me quite a bit from my P...
Just took the sliced brisket, gravy and chicken soup out of the freezer for a nice slow thaw before Friday’s Passover Seder dinner.
I don’t think I deprive my kids when it comes to snack food. I actually feel like I’m pretty generous. So when my six year old asked me for a treat the other day with the caveat that he wanted someth...
When I pulled into Suzy’s driveway for our cooking date, my spirits lifted almost immediately.
““See that fan kids? It simulates the winds in Tuscany.” That’s how Lou introduced his backyard garage smoker set up to my kids who came with me to check on our pulled pork dinner in the making.
Rave reviews from the guys on dinner number two in Suzy and my weekly “new dinner of the week” challenge.
I had to make two kinds of cookies last week for Bedtime and Books, a cute event at my son’s elementary school that aims to have everything homemade.
I’ll take home lentils in exchange for blueberry muffins anytime!
Suzy and I were making meatballs together the other day, so while they baked we ate lunch together. We got into a pretty weighty discussion about the “family dinner” challenge and how each of us, eve...
Lou wanted to bring a vegetarian meal to a party over the weekend and began asking me for help making a chili more than a week ago.
I enjoyed a sweet but quick time baking yesterday with my friend Jackie. Chocolate Valentine’s Day bark (don’t tell my kids!) and cinnamon biscotti were the treats du jour yesterday, something quick ...
There’s always enough time in the day to spare an hour to bake beautiful little Valentine’s Day cookies, especially with a friend. After all, isn’t life about the journey and not the reward?
“The best bacon I’ve ever had” was the most recent perk of living a few houses away from Lou. That’s what my two older kids said after tasting a sweet, smoky piece of Lou’s Maple and Brown Sugar Cure...
I love when my friends send me text messages with photo attachments of their cooking adventures.
Four tall soup pots and a skillet gave Christina’s stovetop a good workout.
Suzy has no real need to ever cook in my little kitchen again.
Sometimes the best cooking dates happen spontaneously without any pre-planning at all. It’s was my good friend Jackie’s birthday last week, an endlessly fun time celebrating.
I scored a first edition 1950 copy of a Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook at an estate sale last Friday and I am having a hard time containing my excitement.
My parents never cease to find new and interesting kitchen gifts for me. As an avid cooking gadget collector, I know it’s a challenge to find something I don’t have already have.
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